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Sebastián Mateo España Chango

2×2 · top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018CHAN23

Sebastián Mateo España Chango has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Tabacundo Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Ecuador. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2018, he has put 824 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.56 in April 2018 to 8.35, a 34% improvement. He has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.67
signature single · Tabacundo Open 2026
824
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEcuador
2×21.673.25
top 2.9%8 / 686
3×38.3510.52
top 3.4%24 / 1,104
Pyraminx3.085.32
top 3.9%5 / 394
Skewb3.156.00
top 5.7%11 / 165
4×441.7647.63
top 14.2%31 / 272
Megaminx1:09.951:16.49
top 15.6%20 / 115
3×3 one-handed18.3320.47
top 16.0%44 / 243
5×51:22.911:31.45
top 21.5%21 / 108
6×62:39.033:04.00
top 30.2%12 / 42
7×74:33.445:10.37
top 42.2%14 / 33
Clock34.30
early days — 2 solves51 / 56

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Ecuador Nationals 2018: 12.56Quito Open 2022: 12.01UIO 2022: 12.02Ibarra Open 2022: 10.77Ecuador Nationals 2022: 9.83Cuenca Cubing 2022: 11.52Manta Open 2022: 10.79Fundación de Cuenca Open 2023: 10.12Imbabura Open 2023: 9.40Quito Free 2024: 10.19Riobamba Open 2025: 10.16Tabacundo Open 2025: 10.40Ecuador Nationals 2025: 9.90UPEC Open 2025: 10.05Tabacundo Open 2026: 8.35Copa Soledad Baby Libros 2026: 9.56UTN Open 2026: 9.108.3512.5614 Apr 201811 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.